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made major changes, which included giving votes to a much wider range of people, including many (male) small landowners, shopkeepers, and householders, who had previously been disenfranchised. Prior to this, Exeter had only 586 freemen who were entitled to vote, or to site on the city council, from a
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reformed the chamber, with the chamber increasing to 36 councillors, with a third up for election every year. Aldermen were now appointed for a maximum of six years, rather than for life.
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with the Earl's crest and declaring that the Mayor of Exeter would only be answerable to the King. The recrimination from this event led to the blocking of the
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